Practical Nursing (2012)

Health Science Career Cluster

  • 1.

    Explain the healthcare worker's role within their department, their organization, and the overall healthcare system.

  • 2.

    Identify existing and potential hazards to clients, coworkers, visitors, and self in the healthcare workplace.

  • 3.

    Evaluate the roles and responsibilities of individual members as part of the healthcare team and explain their role in promoting the delivery of quality health care.

  • 4.

    Analyze the legal and ethical responsibilities, limitations and implications of actions within the healthcare workplace.

  • 5.

    Evaluate accepted ethical practices with respect to cultural, social, and ethnic differences within the healthcare workplace.

Diagnostic Services Career Pathway

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    Communicate key diagnostic information to healthcare workers and patients in an accurate and timely manner.

  • 2.

    Assess and report patient's health status in order to monitor and document patient progress.

  • 3.

    Demonstrate the principles of body mechanics for positioning, transferring and transporting of patients, and perform them without injury to the patient or self.

  • 4.

    Explain procedures and goals to the patient accurately and effectively, using strategies to respond to questions and concerns.

  • 5.

    Select, demonstrate and interpret diagnostic procedures.

Health Informatics Career Pathway

  • 1.

    Communicate health information accurately and within legal and regulatory guidelines, upholding the strictest standards of confidentiality.

  • 2.

    Describe the content and diverse uses of health information.

  • 3.

    Demonstrate the use of systems used to capture, retrieve and maintain confidential health information from internal and external sources.

Support Services Career Pathway

  • 1.

    Describe, differentiate and safely perform the responsibilities of healthcare support services roles.

  • 2.

    Demonstrate work practices that maintain a clean and healthy healthcare facility to reduce or eliminate pathogenic organisms.

  • 3.

    Follow established internal and external guidelines in order to provide high-quality, effective support services in the healthcare facility.

  • 4.

    Maximize available resources for proper care and use of healthcare equipment and materials.

  • 5.

    Implement healthcare facility standards in order to maintain high-quality healthcare facilities.

Therapeutic Services Career Pathway

  • 1.

    Utilize communication strategies to answer patient questions and concerns on planned procedures and goals.

  • 2.

    Communicate patient information among healthcare team members to facilitate a team approach to patient care.

  • 3.

    Utilize processes for assessing, monitoring and reporting patient's health status to the treatment team within protocol and scope of practice.

  • 4.

    Evaluate patient needs, strengths and problems in order to determine if treatment goals are being met.

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12
When were these standards adopted?
2012
Where can I read the official document?
Practical Nursing

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